CPU upgrade time thoughts?

[theloveablemoose]

So there are 3 options i could do at this point which are:

A fx 8320 which is around £105

A G3258 coupled with a ASUS Z87-A CPu £45 Motherboard £50 so £95

Or a Phenom X6 1055t for a grand total of £71.85

So uh which is the best option

 

The CPU is mostly for gaming i don't do much else besides that. Thanks in advance.

[AlwaysFSX]

For sure not the Phenom. I would probably go for the G3258 route because you can get a good Haswell chip or even Broadwell when it releases.

[Tro]

I'd take the FX 8320. 

[SirRoderick]

Personally I'd grab the 8320 for multitasking purposes, but the G3258  would work great if you push it a little if all you're doing is gaming.

[theloveablemoose]

For sure not the Phenom. I would probably go for the G3258 route because you can get a good Haswell chip or even Broadwell when it releases.

I was thinking of doing this but will i notice the difference from my current CPU in the meantime.

 

I'd take the FX 8320. 

My freind has the same motherboard and well if i buy the CPU then we'll have the same rigs pretty much but that's beside the point the only reason im on the fence about getting the 8320 is there is pretty much no significant upgrade path. 

[Manny Calavera]

Cant you hold on to your current until you have enough $$ and when broadwell releases? 
Cus pentium is not really an upgrade... and you will have to upgrade it again if you want better gpu. 

 

Just wait.

[theloveablemoose]

Personally I'd grab the 8320 for multitasking purposes, but the G3258  would work great if you push it a little if all you're doing is gaming.

Already have a hyper 212 so i could OC to about 4-4.5 Ghz plus integrated GPU wouldn't be so bad for upgrading purposes.

[theloveablemoose]

Cant you hold on to your current until you have enough $$ and when broadwell releases? 

Cus pentium is not really an upgrade... and you will have to upgrade it again if you want better gpu. 

 

Just wait.

The upgrade isnt really that urgent but i would like to switch platform honestly. I mean i do like AMD but you know intels nice.

[i_build_nanosuits]

believe it or not the phenom is better at playing games than the fx, the cores are faster so if you could get a strong overclock on it it would be the best pick out of the 3 cpu's but i guess its a used part so id avoid it...

if you are not a big mmo fan and play mostly modern games the fx will be great for you...if you do play mmo and rts look for a core i3